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World / Africa

Abused circus animals arrive at South African sanctuary 21 Jan 2020 - 07:46 pm
View of two lions, from a group of 12 tigers and 5 lions that had been rescued from Guatemalan circuses, before being transferred to South Africa, in Santa Elena Barillas, Colonia San Gregorio, 29km of Guatemala City, on January 18, 2020. AFP / Orlando Es
3 killed, 100-plus hurt in collapse during Ethiopia ceremony 20 Jan 2020 - 06:50 pm
A crowd removes scaffoldings of a structure that collapsed, trapping and injuring dozens of people, during the celebration of Timkat, the Ethiopian Epiphany, in Gondar, Ethiopia, on January 20, 2020. AFP / Eduardo Soteras
South Africa probes death of anti-apartheid activist 38 years on 20 Jan 2020 - 05:18 pm
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South Africa misses deadline to bail out its national carrier 20 Jan 2020 - 12:37 pm
South African Airways (SAA) Airbus A320-200 aircraft is pictured after landing at Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa December 9, 2019. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham/
Comoros votes in election boycotted by opposition 19 Jan 2020 - 09:33 pm
Comoros soldiers are seen in front of a polling station in the Badjanani neighbourhood in Moroni on January 19, 2020. AFP / Ibrahim Youssouf
Suspended in a barrel, South African man set to break ‘pole sitting’ record 19 Jan 2020 - 06:37 pm
An areal view shows Vernon Kruger, 52, holding his face while standing in a barrel at the top of a pole 25 metres above the ground in Dullstroom on January 16, 2020. AFP / Antoine Demaison
Car bomb hits Turkish contractors, police in town outside Somali capital - police 18 Jan 2020 - 01:29 pm
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Slave descendants in tiny South African town battle for church-owned land 17 Jan 2020 - 09:28 pm
Pauline Cloete poses in front of her house for a photo in Elim in the Western Cape, South Africa, 11 December 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kim Harrisberg
Angolan ex-president dos Santos denies ties to daughter's alleged graft 17 Jan 2020 - 07:17 pm
Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angolan former President and Africa's richest woman, sits for a portrait during a Reuters interview in London, Britain, January 9, 2020.  Reuters/Toby Melville
Zimbabwe authorities seize Mugabe nephew's farm 16 Jan 2020 - 07:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: Robert Mugabe kissing his wife Grace Mugabe during the 37th Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on April 18, 2017. AFP / Jekesai Njikizana
3 African nations reach preliminary deal in Nile dam dispute 16 Jan 2020 - 10:35 am
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Women step forward in push to nurture African climate scientists 14 Jan 2020 - 09:50 pm
Women farmers tend their fields at the Tjankwa Irrigation Scheme in Plumtree District, 100km west of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, September 18, 2014. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Busani Bafana
Ivory Coast pledges trafficking crackdown as 137 child victims are rescued 14 Jan 2020 - 09:50 pm
A child rescued by police from captivity, with strike marks on his back, bathes at the Hajj transit camp in Kaduna, Nigeria September 28, 2019. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde
Jihadists kill three teachers in attack on Kenya school 13 Jan 2020 - 12:36 pm
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Gambia’s Jammeh seeks return to nation he ruled for 22 years 11 Jan 2020 - 06:03 pm
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French air power repelled Niger base attackers: army source 10 Jan 2020 - 09:45 pm
French soldiers stand next to a CAESAR a French self-propelled 155 mm 52-calibre gun-howitzer in  this October 31 2016 file photo taken from a different location. (AFP)
Malians protest foreign troop presence 10 Jan 2020 - 09:45 pm
People hold up banners reading 'France get out' as they gather around the independence monument during a protest against French and UN forces based in Mali organized by Malian organization 'Yerewolo debout sur les remparts ' or 'Yerewolo standing on the r
Former C.Africa leader returns after six-year exile 10 Jan 2020 - 02:34 pm
Former Central African Republic president Michel Djotodia (C) is received in Bangui on January 10, 2020 by his political supporters. Former Central African Republic rebel leader and president Michel Djotodia returned to Bangui on January 10, 2020, exactly